Life Plant - Bryophyllum Pinnatum

Planted a tiny half dead cutting and one leaf of Bryophyllum Pinnatum and now it's doing well. The cutting is standing up and the leaf has sprouted 2 new plants.

No wonder one of its names is Life Plant. One of it's medicinal properties is supposedly to help remove kidney stones 

Banana tree run out of juice

Looks like I starved our banana tree...

Half way down the bananas got smaller and then stopped completely :(

They were pressing on the fence again so this time tried like a sideways hammock...

Had to be careful not to hurt the baby plant too...

today's harvest - unidentified greens

top to bottom - kangkung, unidentified green, kale (i think), golden chinese cabbage.

This was the lot (curry leaves in the top bowl)...

Survived a 5 day holiday

We took 5 days off for a trip to Jogja (you must visit at least once in your lifetime).
I had no idea how the plants, fish, daphnia, etc would fair. I am happy to report that they all did really well. Some thoughts in no particular order...
- the fence has to be high enough to keep the dog from sensitive areas. That is going to take some doing.
- the timer for refilling the reservoir is essential. Not enough rain enters the reservoir naturally to maintain the water level.
- the timer for watering the plants doesn't look like a high priority now because of the rain, but it will be needed by January.
The daphnia's water was clear so I guess they ran out of food. I will have to maintain a twice weekly feeding of yeast, and investigate further what conditions will allow for it to become a self-sustaining colony.

Water the plants project

This post will be updated as it progresses instead of creating multiple posts all over the place. Scroll down for the latest.

1. Arrangement of water lines...

The big boxes are the plant boxes. Both options will use the same number of t-joints. Will probably go with the bottom option.

2. I need...

• timer
• pump
• irrigation kit

3. If the water source is the fish pond, then I might need to protect the inlet from snails, fry, etc.

4.

Kidney stone plant

Newest addition to our Farm In The City...

Bryophyllum pinnatum - it's supposed to be good for removing kidney stones.

It's small and in pretty bad shape. I could see only one fully intact leaf. The rest were broken or eaten off. Hope it survives

Beautiful blemishes

This was not from our garden. My sister passed it to me... thanks Ange!

The supermarket bay leaves are usually perfect leaves. These had some insect damage... wonderful! It indicates that there was probably no pesticides used.